One dead, two injured in Tobago crash

A 52-YEAR-OLD man died on his way to the Scarborough Regional Hospital yesterday and one man is critically injured following an early morning accident at John Dial, just east of Scarborough, Tobago, yesterday. A third man is also seriously injured.

Victor Jack of Hope Village, Tobago died at around 7 am yesterday morning when the car in which he was travelling slammed into a truck near the John Dial bridge. Meanwhile, Garth Abraham, 34, of Hope Village was up to yesterday evening in critical condition with severe head injuries and multiple traumas to his body, while his close relative, Bert Abraham, 44, also of Hope Village, was said to be serious but not critical. Both men were flown to Trinidad yesterday evening for medical treatment. According to police reports, Jack and the Abrahams were travelling in a westerly direction towards Scarborough in a white Royal Saloon when they came into contact with a truck that came on to their side of the road.

Police said the driver of the truck was travelling east along the Hope stretch when a maxi-taxi attempted to overtake. The back of the maxi touched the front of the truck forcing the driver, Azzan Mohammed, of Pembroke, to swerve in the west-bound lane and into the oncoming car. Jack received several injuries to his head and multiple traumas around his body. Medical officers from the Scarborough Regional Hospital and firemen from the Scarborough Fire Station rushed to the scene and removed the wounded. Fire officers had to cut open the car to remove the bodies. Jack died on his way to hospital, while Garth and Bert remained in Tobago until just after midday, when they were taken to Trinidad. Police said that both vehicles were totally written-off. Mohammed and a passenger in the truck, Seymour Campbell, of Mason Hall, were treated for injuries and discharged.

The accident was the second road fatally in Tobago in two weeks and the second for the year. ASP D’Heureux of the Scarborough Police Station and other officers visited the scene. Sgt Yorke is continuing investigations. An autopsy will be done on Jack’s body on Friday.